Ruel Antipuesto

Ruel Dahis Antipuesto simply known as Ruel Antipuesto is a Cebuano motion picture director and cinematographer from the Philippines. Considered as "The Godfather of Cebuano Filmmaking", he is a major contributor to the new wave of Cebuano filmmaking as he continues to mentor and collaborate with younger filmmakers while his works continue to gain national and international awards and recognition.

Ruel Dahis Antipuesto
Born
Ruel Dahis Antipuesto

(1973-08-13)August 13, 1973
CitizenshipFilipino
EducationUniversity of San Carlos (MBA)
Misamis University (Civil Engineering)
OccupationDirector
Cinematographer
Years active2002 - present

Biography

Ruel Dahis Antipuesto began as an engineer. When the filmmaking became digital in the late 1990s, he taught himself filmmaking by making animations and documentaries.[1]

In 2004, the animated short film, The Snake's Pit won him his first national award.[1]

In 2007, the full-length movie Confessional, he photographed and co-directed with Jerrold Tarog won several national awards as well as best first feature in OSIAN Cinefan in India. It was also in exhibition in Germany, South Korea and the United States. Soon after, his documentary projects were acquired for distribution and one won in the 2009 Cine-Indie MDG competition.[2]

Through the years he has accumulated several awards as his works have been included in various local and international competitions and exhibitions held in Portugal, United Kingdom, Germany, South Korea, United States, India, France, Spain, Italy (in Venice and Rome), Canada, Switzerland, Russia, Brazil, Japan and the ASEAN region.[1]

Filmography

YearTitleTypeCreditAwards & Festivals
2004The Snake's PitShort Animated FilmDirector
Animator
17th Gawad CCP: Best Animated Short Film, Best Regional Entry
2006CarpoolShort FilmCinematographer19th Gawad CCP: Best Short Feature
2007ConfessionalFeature FilmDirector
Cinematographer
Producer
Cinema One Originals: Best Film, Directors

24th PMPC Star Awards: Digital Category Best Film, Directors
10th Osian's Cinefan (New Delhi, India): Best Film, First Features Category
10th Cinemanila International Film Festival: Best Film, Southeast Asian Category
2008 San Francisco International Film Festival, exhibition film (USA)
14th Pusan International Film Festival, exhibition film (Korea)

2009SabongeroShort FilmCinematographer
Producer
2010 Cannes Short Film Corner
2010EskrimadorsDocumentaryCinematographer2010 Cinemalaya Philippine Independent Film Festival, exhibition film
2010 Cinemanila International Film Festival, exhibition film (Philippines)
2011SeñoritaFeature FilmCinematographer

2011 Vancouver International Film Festival, exhibition film (Canada)

2011My Paranormal RomanceFeature FilmCinematographerCinema One Originals: Special Jury Prize
2013The MusesFeature FilmCinematographer
2014Death Squad DogsShort FilmCinematographer
2015SwapFeature FilmCinematographerSan Sebastian International Film Festival, exhibition film (Spain)
2nd Silk Road International Film Festival, competition film (China)

2015 São Paulo International Film Festival. exhibition film (Brazil)
2015 San Diego Asian Film Festival, exhibition film (USA)
2015 Tokyo FILMeX , competition film (Japan)
2015 Minsk International Film Festival, exhibition film (Russia)
2015 Jogja Asian Film Festival, (Indonesia): Silver Hanoman Award

2015SanctissimaShort FilmCinematographerCinemalaya 2015: Audience Choice award[3]

UPelikula 2015: Best Film, Director, Cinematography[4]

2015KapatiranDocumentaryCinematographerKarlovy Vary International Film Festival:Exhibition Czech Republic[5]
2016Patay na si HesusFeature FilmCinematographerQCinema 2016: Audience Choice Award, Gender Sensitive Film Award[6]
2016LilyFeature FilmCinematographerCinema One Originals 2016: Best Director, Best Editing Award, Best Actor, Best Supporting Actress[7]

References

  1. "Bolded - Our Team (The Core Team - Ruel Antipuesto)". Bolded. BOLDED. Archived from the original on 22 December 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  2. "FORUM FOR FAMILY PLANNING".
  3. "FULL LIST: Winners, Cinemalaya Awards Night 2015". Rappler. 15 August 2015. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  4. Yap, Januar (22 August 2015). "Big winners in UPC's UPelikula 2015". University of the Philippines Cebu. University of the Philippines Cebu. Retrieved 17 December 2015.
  5. "'Brotherhood' ('Kapatiran'): Karlovy Vary Review". The Hollywood Reporter.
  6. "'Patay Na Si Hesus' reaps two awards at QCinema Film Festival". cebudailynews.inquirer.net.
  7. "Cebuano films 'Lily' and 'No Seguir' triumph at Cinema One film fest". cebudailynews.inquirer.net.
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